JUST IN: #Buhari Invites #Tinubu, #Oshiomole, Others To #Ramadan #Iftar Dinner [FULL LIST]—The Number one citizen of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday evening host leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to Iftar dinner at the Presidential Villa.
A State House memorandum addressed to the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, by the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, said the Iftar will start by 6:30pm.
According to the list of invitees, sighted by The Nation in Abuja on Tuesday, those expected at the State House include former Lagos Governor and Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu; former National Chairmen of the APC Dr John Oyegun and Adams Oshiomhole; former Adamawa Governor Murtala Nyako and former Ogun Governor Olusegun Osoba.
Others are the first interim chairman of the APC Chief Bisi Akande; former Borno Governor Ali Modu-Sheriff; Former Zamfara Governor Ahmed Yerima; Former Sokoto Governor Aliyu Wamako; former Edo Governor Oserheimen Osunbor; former Yobe Governor Bukar Ibrahim; General Muhammed Magoro; Senators Lawal Shuaibu, Aba Aji, Tijjani Tumsah, Fati Bala, Abubakar Guru and Nasiru Danu.
The letter reads: “I write to inform you that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that invitation be extended to the attached list of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to join the President to break Ramadan fast on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 1830 hours in the Presidential Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.
“In this regard, you are kindly requested to invite them to attend. The leaders are to arrive the Pilot Gate at 1630 hours for Rapid Covid-19 testing at the State House Conference Centre and be seated at the venue by 1800 hours.”
